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dimoveo
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Lewis Short
(verb) : dī-mŏvĕo, ōvi, ōtum (DISMOTUM
* V.infra), 2, (in MSS. and edd. often confounded with demoveo, q. v.; not freq. before the Aug. per.; not in Caes. and Quint.; perh. not in Cic., where demovere appears everywhere to be the better reading).
* To move asunder, to part, put asunder, separate, divide: terram aratro,Verg. G. 2, 513; cf.: glebas aratro,Ov. M. 5, 341: aera (c. c. dispellere umbras),Verg. A. 5, 839; cf. auras,id. ib. 9, 645: cinerem foco,Ov. M. 8, 642: undas,Lucr. 6, 891; Ov. M. 4, 708; cf. aquas,id. H. 18, 80; 19, 48: rubum,Hor. C. 1, 23, 7.—Poet.: ubi sol radiis terram dimovit abortus (preceded by: ubi roriferis terram nox obruit umbris),cleaves the earth, lays it open,Lucr. 6, 869.
* Transf.
* To move to and fro, to put in motion (cf. dimitto, no. I.—so perh. only in Celsus): superiores partes,Cels. 3, 27, 3: manus,id. 2, 14 fin.: se inambulatione levi,id. 4, 24 al.
* To separate from something, to remove.
* Lit.: quos (equites) spes societatis a plebe dimoverat,Sall. J. 42, 1; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23: dimovit perfregitque custodias Poena,Plin. Pan. 49: parietes (al. demotis),Tac. A. 6, 24: plagulas (lecticae),Suet. Tit. 10 al.
* Trop.: gaudentem patrios findere sarculo Numquam dimoveas, ut, etc., thou canst never entice away, in order to, etc., Hor. C. 1, 1, 13 (al. demo-).
* V.infra), 2, (in MSS. and edd. often confounded with demoveo, q. v.; not freq. before the Aug. per.; not in Caes. and Quint.; perh. not in Cic., where demovere appears everywhere to be the better reading).
* To move asunder, to part, put asunder, separate, divide: terram aratro,Verg. G. 2, 513; cf.: glebas aratro,Ov. M. 5, 341: aera (c. c. dispellere umbras),Verg. A. 5, 839; cf. auras,id. ib. 9, 645: cinerem foco,Ov. M. 8, 642: undas,Lucr. 6, 891; Ov. M. 4, 708; cf. aquas,id. H. 18, 80; 19, 48: rubum,Hor. C. 1, 23, 7.—Poet.: ubi sol radiis terram dimovit abortus (preceded by: ubi roriferis terram nox obruit umbris),cleaves the earth, lays it open,Lucr. 6, 869.
* Transf.
* To move to and fro, to put in motion (cf. dimitto, no. I.—so perh. only in Celsus): superiores partes,Cels. 3, 27, 3: manus,id. 2, 14 fin.: se inambulatione levi,id. 4, 24 al.
* To separate from something, to remove.
* Lit.: quos (equites) spes societatis a plebe dimoverat,Sall. J. 42, 1; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23: dimovit perfregitque custodias Poena,Plin. Pan. 49: parietes (al. demotis),Tac. A. 6, 24: plagulas (lecticae),Suet. Tit. 10 al.
* Trop.: gaudentem patrios findere sarculo Numquam dimoveas, ut, etc., thou canst never entice away, in order to, etc., Hor. C. 1, 1, 13 (al. demo-).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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